Wireless Controller not connecting to console.

Hey guys,

I've had the same problem today. The controller wouldn't connect no matter what. The strange thing was I could still turn the console on using the controller, but afterwards it wouldn't do anything.

Now I think I found a solution, at least for my case. All I did was to remove the HDD (that thing on top of the console) and put it back in. Then I started the console again using the controller and it was instantly connected.:)

Now I just hope it stays this way.;)

The guest's "POSSIBLE SOLUTION" post on June 6, 2008 is likely to solve the problem you're describing. Here's a post I made to a similar thread:

If you're using an HDMI connection between the Xbox 360 and the TV, it might be that. When using HDMI, the Xbox won't boot up until it knows what the TV is capable of displaying. Although the controller will turn the console on, it won't sync with the console -- and it's not a controller or console problem, but just a symptom of the fact that the Xbox won't get to the point where controllers will sync until it can properly communicate with the TV. I'd recommend turning off the TV and the Xbox, disconnecting the HDMI cable and re-connecting it after making sure the contacts are clean. Then turn the Xbox back on first; you'll likely to see the same behavior. Finally, turn the TV back on. With it being switched back into HDMI mode, it just might "kick-start" the Xbox into a good communication link across HDMI. Hope that helps.

For those of you having this problem and have tried syncing the controllers to the console multiple times and are having no luck...I think this may be a solution for you. Thanks to some guy on YouTube he demonstrates how to fix it. If for some reason your console was jostled around or fell and then this problem occurred, well this is most likely the fix. Here is the link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeG_IO5yyvk&annotation_id=annotation_720150&feature=iv
This worked for me after having been frustrated for a very long time and I was ABOUT to send it in to get it fixed. I'm glad I did more searching. Also taking the face plate off the Xbox is easy...on the bottom of the Xbox (closest to the power button) you'll see the space where the tab holding it in is. Using a finger, gently pull back like the guy does on the video and it should pop off (although he kind of rips it off). You don't need to put a screwdriver or anything else in there to push the tab down, just gently pull back on it using little force.
Hope this helps everyone, and thanks to this guy for posting this video!

Try this at microsoft worked for me.

http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/search.aspx?keyword=wireless+controller&x=6&y=5

I had the same exact problem as all the others here. Came home one day and turned on the console and the controller. Lights flashed on both the controller and the console but they did not sync. Tried all manner of combinations like disconnecting everything, hard drive, all cables, batteries on the controller. Nothing seemed to help. Even tried pressing the sync buttons on both the controller and the console and the lights started spinning again but they did not sync. Finally I called the Xbox Service Center and they asked me to hook up a wired controller. That did not sync with the console either. We then tried to sync one of the wireless controllers with my roommate's Xbox 360 and it synced with his console. This determined that there was something wrong with my console and not the controllers. So they offered to repair my console. Problem is I now have Rainbow Six Vegas 1 and 2  for the 360 sitting on my bed unopened, I should have bought the PS3 version. SOLUTION: Buy a PS3. If you already own a PS3 then don't buy any Xbox 360 games. The number of people that have 360 problems are huge. Almost everyone that I know has sent in a 360 in for repairs so many times that they are on their third console now.

If you continually receive the "Please reconnect controller" error message or if the four green lights on the controller flash continuously even after you try to "bind" the controller to the Xbox 360 console, follow these steps:

1. Turn off your console.
2. Carefully disconnect the console power supply from the console.
3. Wait 10 seconds, and then carefully reconnect the power supply to the console.
4. Turn on your console, and then perform the connection steps that are provided in the user manual for your wireless controller.

I had the same problem but I just figured it out.

Basically, you can't just press the sync button on the xbox, there is also a small button on the top of the xbox control pad between the LB and RB buttons.

Once you have switched on both the xbox and the control pad (press the big X in the middle) you must press BOTH the sync button on the xbox, AND the sync button on the xbox control pad. (betwen the LB and RB buttons.)

I hope my instructions have been clear. bitches.

lol.

I just got my xbox360 back....(3 red lights of death), and my wireless controllers wouldn't connect.
i found the solution online and it work for me.

you need to push the little button on the controller (located above and to the right of where you
eject the batteries), and the little white button on the xbox360 console (just below where you put your additional memory) at the same time.
I did it and presto, xbox360 up and running.

I was having the same problem not connecting, but I had my HDTV on watching DirecTv. When I switched it to the input that the game was hooked into, and turned on the xBox everything synched up just fine right away. It seems like a few people above were saying. The game system needs to recognize that it is in either HD or SD and it will NOT do anything else until it can determine which it needs to be in.

I had the same problem then i clicked the sync button on  the wireless controller and on the xbox (right near the memory slots) both at almost the exact same time and it worked like a charm... try that...

Hello dchinom, Have you found the solution to your problem as my xbox 360 and wireless controllers has the same issue.

I too was having issues with the remotes not connecting to the console. I tried every possible thing I found on here or youtube. The thing that finally worked on mine was simply ( if your warrenty is no good or you don't care) is to pull the faceplate. Pull the plastics off carfully it is a little tricky. On the front side there is the grey colored plastic piece where your lights are. Pull that off remove the three black screws. Carefully remove the rd board. I simply just blew in the plug hole and the board clip itself then tried the sync process and it worked. Reassemble and enjoy.

Try moving your xbox away from your TV, or anything else large and metal, then turn it off. Do the syncing again once you've moved it.

I just tried pushing the sync button on the console and the sync button on the controller at the same time and it instantly worked. I hope it stays that way. I just got my 360 back from being repaired for the red ring of death so it had syncing probs. Hope this helps.

Call XBOX customer support at 1-800-4My-XBOX

I'm not sure what it's worth posting this far down, but I figured out how to fix this sure fire. The Xbox 360's video card has a problem with HDMI. If you can't connect your controller to your system, but the controller will power the system on, but refuses to connect, you may notice that the xbox won't go to the dashboard either. From what I've seen, dashboard will only load if there is a screen ready to view it. Must be some energy saving thing. The controllers won't connect unless the xbox is actually ON on, like playing a game or on dashboard.

SOLUTION:

Turn off your system, take out the HDMI, plug the original component or RCA cables back in, and start your Xbox. Should work.

Geeeeeez Mine to but like it will notice the controller for about 15 minits then the controller will shut down and keeps doing that and i checked the battries and they are full

My sons console has the the same problem with the controllers!!! i took it down to a local place and they have just phoned me up to say the microchip board is faulty and they need to send away for a part for it and then the controllers will work and it will cost us £50??? should i pay that ??

I don't know if this will help you at all, but I know play and charge kits will auto-synchronize wireless controllers to the xbox that they're plugged into.

That's a weird problem, it sounds like either the 360 itself, or the controllers are having a wireless issue... Just to make sure I'd contact microsoft. They have an extraordinary warranty on 360s and will fix just about anything that goes wrong in the first year.

Ya All Tight But Really Am Tight Because That Is Happing To Me Too But I Just BEEN Wondering If any Body Can Solve THis I have A Xbox360 And My Wirless Conrtol Keeps Bliking 4 Times I Turn MY Xbox And Turn ma Control BUt WHEN I Put The Game GRand Theft Auto Iv It Sayz PLEASE TURN ON UR CONTROL I Keep TurninG It ON AND ON ....... so i SAID LEt me chage the battery So I DID THEN THE SAME Thing happend again WaHt Can i do.......................................................................... And SOrry for my had writing ITS JUst am use To IT BEACUSE OF AIM LOL THANK YOU>>>>>>>>>>.....;....

If all things are probably , my be you have problem with drivers.. sometimes you facing problem with terminal devices because additional drivers, Not for same devices, it is for another devices but relate to the problem device.
Try to update all drivers and see the following:
desktop - mycomputer - right click - Manage - Device Manager - if you see - Yellow Marker or this sentence " Unknown devices " , Sure You have problem with Drivers. Update them or Download and drivers program such as "drivers toolkit" and it will search automatically for losted drivers and you willl make Download icon to start download them.

U have 2 open up ur xbox and were u put the plug in for the console not the 1 that ses tv and hdtv the other 1 and then there has 2 b a medal it sticking out so then use something not a knife but like a screw driver and then pop it in place and ther u go

Nah same thing,I just connected this connict for the first time and after it did an update my wireless controller stoped and now is weird flash every few seconds will not turn on or off and if you hold the search on box and same on control the control will do a really slow looking search blink(sumtimes) and find nothing after a moment and will not connect so i cannot click next and finish connict setup(freaking kids gettin ticked of MSstop droppin the ball)).No answers from them sept buy a new controller.I tryed all the usual with remove cords,hdd and time out and the controller was working moments befor connict install,so what do you make of that then.
what a rort...

I KNOW THE ANSWER!!!!!! THE ETHERNET CHIP IS CAUSING IT!!! UNPLUG IT FROM THE ETHERNET COMPLETELY AND IT WILL BE FIXED. I am still trying to find out how to fix this. ill get back to you when i do.

Im having problems with a wired controller, it acts like there not sincing. both of them will have a green light dance around the ROL. and im also not getting anything on screen. my aux that i normally use just says unusable sygnal(what it says when there is nothing running on it) please help

I am having the same prob with mine only when i turn on my contoller the xbox will turn on but it wont sync to it ..Weird...

Sell all your xbox 360 equipment. This just happened to me and I've got through FOUR Xbox 360s. I M TIRED OF RRODs, A/V problems, Bad CD Drives...etc!!!

To think I spent so much money on this piece of junk. I'm glad I bought my first MacBook yesterday, I renounce Microsoft. F U.

I like ebels approach there in solution #5. My 360 and controller increasingly refused to synch, tested with wireless headset which synch's OK, so looks like it's time for a new controller (no big deal, CoD4 pretty much killed it not me :) )

But! If nothing synch's you could try the steps from Microsoft here;
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemsetup/xbox360/accessories/wirelesscontroller-troubleshoot.htm

Something new in your environment could be causing interference. I've had it work sometimes taking out battery, leaving it then trying again, also sometimes it just works on an xbox reboot. But now i think my controller is finally dead.

Hi everyone i had this exact problem what worked for was taking out and puting back the cable into the tv im not 100% sure but does the xbox 360 have surge protection built-in if so then proplem could be a power surge from tv cos when i took out the cable their was a small spark.

hope this helps.

POSSIBLE SOLUTION: The EXACT same thing that is happening to you guys is happening to me - not connecting, but recognizing the controller was there, even with play/charge kit it wouldn't connect, resync wouldn't connect and the Xbox even turned itself off after a few mins. However I had changed from HDMI to a SDTV, and I hadn't changed to the mode on my HDTV to the game mode (to play xbox) and the second I changed it (like literally split second) it turned on, I saw the Xbox start logo go, then my controller synced. I think the xbox wasn't actually turning on fully to the point of the startup where it connects to the controllers, and it needed to recognize what definition it was going to boot in, so when I changed the TV to my xbox mode it was it was back in HDMI from SD and then booted correctly.

My case simply switching the av cable fixed the issue. That and it was unplugged for like a week til I got a new av cable.

When i turn my xbox on and my controller on i get the 4 flashing lights on both my wireless controller and my xbox and i always have to wait at least 30-45 seconds depending on if i turn it on from my controller or xbox and i have no idea why it does this.

can someone please help me? thanks

I agree with the guy who posted solution # 9, Yes !!!!! A cople sof days ago i connect for the first time my xbox to the net and it ask me to install some updates, after that both of my wireless cotrollers got 4 flashing lights on them. Now there is no wsy i can sync them with my console, there is no solution for this problem ?????? i have been al over the web and no one has find a solution to this issue!!!!

Yes the charge and play packs works to sink your controller to the xbox

I just got my xbox 360 back from repair (they gave me a new one) and one connects but buttons have some how turned extremely sticky all a sudden, the second connects and drops out every 30 seconds and the third which is brand new connected fine for a couple days and just screwed up (will not connect to console)

It's not the controls, its the consoles connectivity.

If your smarter enough you can fix it yourself with a new face-chipset or my other best bet is to just send it in to MICROSOFT.

(If anyone has experinced this with a received console, it could most likely be the new chip-set that they are giving everyone,'you know the one with the third heat-sink')

But then again updates can be a major cause, bewcause all these consoles are differebt, there no longer all the some. (microsoft has put to many of there consoles parts on the table, making things alittle harder to deal with) firmware for example on the "benq drives".

well let us know if you come up with a answer for all this.

see ya later =<

This blows. Just bought a 65 inch tv and home theatre expecting to have the gamin experience of a lifetime and then the controllers dont work. They worked the day before but now with the new tv its a no go. Changed the batteries, tried the sync, tried powering down and rebooting without a game. Nothing. This is my first problem but it is seriously inconvenient. Anyone else know if the tv may be doing it?

Ok, everything was fine when I turned on my 360 earlier and played GH3. One thing I noticed though is that Xbox said there was an update I needed to download which I did. If you're having the same problem, do you happen to remember if you also had to download an update prior to your console not recognizing your controllers?